CN102639037B - Cartridge extraction device - Google Patents

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CN102639037B
CN102639037B CN201080054329.6A CN201080054329A CN102639037B CN 102639037 B CN102639037 B CN 102639037B CN 201080054329 A CN201080054329 A CN 201080054329A CN 102639037 B CN102639037 B CN 102639037B
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B·里斯奈尔
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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    • A47J31/24Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure
    • A47J31/34Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure
    • A47J31/36Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means
    • A47J31/3604Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means with a mechanism arranged to move the brewing chamber between loading, infusing and ejecting stations
    • A47J31/3623Cartridges being employed
    • A47J31/3633Means to perform transfer from a loading position to an infusing position
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    • A23FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23LFOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES A21D OR A23B-A23J; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OF NUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL
    • A23L2/00Non-alcoholic beverages; Dry compositions or concentrates therefor; Their preparation
    • A23L2/52Adding ingredients
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47JKITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00Apparatus for making beverages
    • A47J31/40Beverage-making apparatus with dispensing means for adding a measured quantity of ingredients, e.g. coffee, water, sugar, cocoa, milk, tea
    • A47J31/407Beverage-making apparatus with dispensing means for adding a measured quantity of ingredients, e.g. coffee, water, sugar, cocoa, milk, tea with ingredient-containing cartridges; Cartridge-perforating means
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47JKITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
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Abstract

A kind of equipment (1), has: be arranged to receive batching magazine (2) to carry out the cartridge seat (10) extracted; Be connected to this cartridge seat during milking to distribute the beverage outlet (35) of beverage; And comprising the liquid injection apparatus (50,60,61,70,80,81) of pump (60), this pump (60) is for pressurizeing to liquid and making liquid flow in beverage outlet via cartridge seat from source (50).Liquid injection apparatus is also included in the valve (80 ') between pump and cartridge seat, liquid injection apparatus is configured to the pressure via the fluid under pressure in valve (80 ') release injection apparatus and remains on from pump (60) to the liquid of cartridge seat (10) injection apparatus, to stop from beverage outlet (35) drip after pump stops.

Description

Cartridge extraction device
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of cartridge extraction device, this cartridge extraction device has the cartridge seat formed by the cartridge support of two subtends, and described cartridge seat is the device that the drop for managing the exit of described equipment after extracting circulation and terminating is formed.This extraction equipment particularly can be used for beverage preparing machine.
In order to the object of this description, " beverage " is intended to comprise any liquid food, such as tea, coffee, heat or cold chocolate, milk, soup, baby food etc.Magazine refers to any closure member of the batching for holding portioning in advance, it is no matter the rigid cartridge of such as capsule and so on, still the soft or flexible magazine of such as material bag and so on, and be made up of any recyclable or not recyclable, biodegradable or not biodegradable material such as aluminium or plastics, particularly aluminium material bag or aluminium matter capsule.
Background technology
The problem that the magazine of mixing processing runs into is that the location of magazine in extraction equipment and extraction equipment perform leaching process in magazine periphery seal to adopt the mode of clean and health.Magazine must be positioned in cartridge support or in housing by user usually, and then this equipment is enclosed in around magazine manually or automatically.
Importantly correctly locate magazine, to make equipment suitably close and form good sealing, to guarantee good extraction conditions around magazine.False orientation may damage magazine, and therefore affects extraction conditions.
Carry out suitable extraction to allow by making fluid under pressure there is not undesirable leakage by magazine in order to be sealed in by equipment around magazine, actuating equipment closing around magazine must be carried out with high level of accuracy.The distance in a closed circuit of the mechanical closing device of this kind equipment is adjusted manually usually in the manufacture process of equipment, to realize required precision level.
The loading of magazine also must easily and without the need to carrying out trial and error to capsule tram in a device.Load and also must need too much manipulation as far as possible rapidly and not.
WO2005/004684 relates to a kind of capsule brewing equipment, and this capsule brewing equipment comprises: first component; Can relative to the second component of this first component movement; Housing, this housing is for capsule and be resisted against detent position on fixed part at movable part and limit capsule in described housing along the extracting position of an axis; Comprise and become to utilize gravity insert capsule and described capsule be positioned at insertion and the positioning element of the device in centre position for guide arrangement; Beverage pours into system; And the second movable part is arranged and is configured to make when equipment is closed capsule move to extracting position from centre position.
EP1721553 discloses a kind of for using the brewing unit of the coffee machine of capsule.This unit has the front portion of band beverage outlet and the rear portion of band hot water inlet.Front and rear is arranged between the shoulder guide member of a pair subtend.Front portion can be moved and be leaned against on rear portion by short between these guide members, to form the brewing chamber for receiving capsule to be extracted with rear portion, leaves unappropriated space between the guide member by this in machine before forepiece.
EP1659547 relates to a kind of beverage machine for the manufacture of soak particularly espresso.This machine is included in the infusion chamber in brewing unit, and this brewing unit has the beverage output channel of the shell be with the activity of return spring front portion and extended through assembly.Movable front portion coordinates with rear portion, and this rear portion can be moved and can be pushed against with compression retracteding position spring on movable front portion in housing, and output channel slides through the shell of assembly by this.Material bag is sent to infusion chamber through shell via rigidity material bag feed path, and then material bag is transferred in infusion chamber by the outer tube be provided with on the moveable back of the brewing unit in the cam-like path for mobile rear portion.This layout comprises several problems.Material wraps in brewing chamber closed period and must move, and can cause blocking like this, and makes to expect that the holding device of bag is more complicated.In addition, open and closed brewing chamber comprise simultaneously moveable back in housing, movable anterior in housing and output channel by the linear displacement of housing, which increase and excessively guide and the risk of incorrect aligning of each several part of clamping stagnation or relative to each other movement linearly.This fluid system comprises the moving parts making the assembling of fluid system more complicated.When brewing unit reopens to remove material bag after extraction, the pressure (hydraulic) water be contained in infusion chamber can spill from housing.In addition, between forepiece and shell, in machine, unappropriated space is left when output channel is in its retracted position.
US3,260,190 and WO2005/072574 disclose a kind of coffee machine had for coffee can being positioned at removable drawer wherein.This drawer flatly can to slide in coffee machine and to promote towards water injector.WO2006/023309 discloses a kind of coffee machine, and this coffee machine is with the slidably drawer for being introduced by coffee magazine in machine.This drawer can move between open and closed positions and to have when drawer is positioned at closed position can against pivotally to form brewing chamber and can two magazine half shells separating of pivotable when drawer skids off from machine.US6,966,251 disclose a kind of have for capsule is positioned at wherein can the coffee machine of drawer of horizontal slip.When slipping in machine, drawer can move up to form the brewing chamber for capsule towards fixing capsule retainer.EP1566126 discloses a kind of coffee machine with the vertical brewing unit for receiving coffee material bag.This brewing unit has fixing top and mobile lower portion, and this mobile lower portion is for keeping material bag and can being pulled upward with closed brewing unit and putting down to insert or remove material bag.
WO00/49926 discloses a kind of coffee machine with infusion chamber, and this coffee machine has upper and lower, and described top can move to second from the first raised position and fall position, and described bottom is formed on the castor that is arranged under described top.
More brewing units are at EP0730425, EP0862882, EP1219217, EP1480540, EP1635680, EP1669011, EP1774878, EP1776026, EP1893064, FR2424010, US3,260,190, US4,760,774, US5,531,152, US6,904,840, US7,131,369, be disclosed in US2005/0106288, US2006/0102008, WO2005/002405, WO2005/016093, WO2006/005756, WO2006/066626 and WO2007/135136.
In order to avoid closing relevant problem with the accurate mechanical of extraction equipment around the magazine of preparing burden, knownly provide a kind of hydraulic lock system, the water through heating wherein for extracting the batching in magazine is also used to acting hydraulic closing means.In this case, distance in a closed circuit does not need special adjustment, because the cartridge support of extraction equipment is actuated together by hydraulic lock power around magazine.The example of this system is such as disclosed in WO2008/037642.Follow this theory and developed various system, as the system recorded in such as EP1219217, EP1480540, EP1776026, EP1912542, WO2005/115206 and WO2006/005736.
Use the water through heating a problem that actuating mechanism enclosure exists is to hang oneself the risk of incrusted deposit in hydraulic mechanism of water of heating.
Propose in EP1545278 to adopt and be connected to single water source and both two water lines in parallel controlling by public changeover valve.A water-flow circuit---namely extracts loop---and enters extraction equipment via heater, and is used to the hydraulic lock of extraction equipment without another water lines heated.In a first step, changeover valve allows the hydraulic lock system supply pressure (hydraulic) water to extraction equipment.Once extraction equipment is closed, the pressure set up by there is pressurization static(al) in hydraulic lock system forces the water in the second pipeline to be recycled in extraction equipment via heater through check-valves.Terminate once extract, public changeover valve just moves to position hydraulic lock system be connected with scavenger circuit, is during milking also drained by the pressure (hydraulic) water be captured in statically in hydraulic pressure water loop the unnecessary water not being ejected into and extracting in loop to discharge.Similar system is disclosed in EP1353591.
A problem of this scheme is for hydraulic lock and the water loop in parallel of thermojet and the complexity of associated multidirectional control valve.Another problem of this system is the following fact: owing to must extract the rear cleaning fluid setting-out loop of circulation at each, therefore first this loop must supplement before operation is with closed brewing unit.But, because liquid does not circulate, so hydraulic lock system needs to stagnate during leaching process cleaning, to avoid problem relevant with health with pollution in this part in loop.
Therefore, the principle of cleaning the fluid circuit of beverage preparing machine is known in the art.Such as, EP1764014 discloses a kind of beverage preparing machine with fluid circuit, and this beverage preparing machine comprises pump and leads to the built-in hot block heater of hot water, steam and beverage distribution outlet.This fluid circuit comprises fluid-evacuation valve at the entrance side of heater, to reduce the dirty body deposition in the coil pipe of hot block.The bleed valve being positioned at the entrance side of hot block cooperates with the valve in hot block downstream, and the valve in hot block downstream is opened hot block is ventilated simultaneously, namely in hot block, uses air replacement fluid.Once hot block has not used in official hour section just perform this operation.In other words, this machine that operates in leaves unused or is tending towards the time period of idle prolongation or performs when shutting down or enter standby mode just meaningful.
Another problem relates to distribute after circulation terminates liquid from the outlet drip of beverage machine.It is possible when system is safeguarded under the state that can be used for another at any time and extract circulation---namely water loop is filled with water instead of sky---that this thing happens.This is formed with the system of at every turn cleaning immediately after beverage preparation cycle terminates and contrasts, system disclosed in above-mentioned EP1545278, and this system band has water loop for cleaning parallel connection to extract and for the changeover valve of hydraulic lock.
In fact, especially, when preparing coffee or tea by extracting ground coffee or tea in the brewing chamber of leading to beverage outlet, to have cut off and system is not cleaned to keep to can be used at any time to be tending towards forming drop at beverage outlet place in the time period extended after another extracts circulation at the pump of machine.In addition, at the end of extraction circulation, when after cutting off at pump, beverage distribution looks and still continues with step that is slow, drip, when user should pick up cup to him or she below beverage outlet is felt confused.Dirty due to this type of drop around machine and/or its, machine can be equipped with the drip collector be positioned at below beverage outlet, to collect drop after removing the cup of filling from outlet below.The example of this type of drip collector is such as disclosed in EP1867260, EP1811881 and WO2009/074557.
These drip collector provide the solution of the hygienic issues that this type of drop brings.But, still needing the solution of the end to unclear beverage dispensing cycle, need not feel confused to when removing his or her cup below beverage outlet to make user.
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An aspect of of the present present invention relates to a kind of for receiving the magazine of batching and equipment by making liquid be extracted batching by this magazine.This equipment has: be arranged to the cartridge seat of receiving this magazine for extracting; Beverage outlet, it is connected to this cartridge seat, distributes beverage with during milking usual to user, such as, be assigned to the user's cup be placed in below it; And liquid injection apparatus, it comprises such as, for pressurizeing to liquid and make liquid via the pump of cartridge seat from source flow to beverage outlet, known reciprocating piston pump or rotary pump in the field of beverage preparing machine.Liquid injection apparatus is also included in the valve between pump and cartridge seat.
Usually, this equipment is arranged in the beverage preparing machine of the magazine (such as capsule and/or material bag) for receiving batching.Such as, this machine is coffee, tea, chocolate or soup preparation machine.Especially, this machine is arranged to for by making hot water or another kind of liquid prepare beverage through holding the magazine of the batching (such as ground coffee or tea or chocolate or cocoa power or milk powder) of beverage to be prepared in cartridge seat.
Such as, this preparation machine comprises: the beverage preparation units being arranged to the magazine after receiving magazine to be used to go out to use side by side, such as extraction equipment; Have the housing of opening, this opening leads to the region from preparing unit discharge magazine; And there is the container of a cavity, this cavity forms the magazine be used for being excreted to this region and collects the storage area reaching certain fill level in a reservoir.This container can insert for collect with cross magazine region in and can remove from this region with the magazine of emptying collection.The example of this type of machine is disclosed in WO2009/074550 He in WO2009/130099.
Pump is configured to the pressure of the rising providing the liquid flow in cartridge seat usually, and this pressure is usually in the scope of 5 to 25bar, such as 10 to 20bar.
According to the present invention, liquid injection apparatus is configured to the pressure via the fluid under pressure in valve release injection apparatus, and is remained in liquid injection apparatus by the liquid from pump to cartridge seat, to suppress from beverage outlet drip after pump stops.This pressure relief valve particularly check valve.
Therefore, liquid injection apparatus is configured by the pressure relief valve opened between pump and cartridge seat and at the end of the operation of pump, discharges the pressure of cartridge seat upstream.This can comprise drains a small amount of liquid via this valve, to discharge the pressure of the liquid between pump and cartridge seat.Different with such as prior-art devices disclosed in EP1545278 and EP1764014, in this construction, liquid remains on and is not cleaned and do not need to circulate in the injection apparatus that supplements to follow-up extraction.By only discharging the pressure of cartridge seat upstream, the liquid be contained in the injection apparatus of cartridge seat upstream can not be forced to flow out through the outlet of cartridge seat and cartridge seat.Therefore, by arranging pressure relief valve, particularly check valve for this injection apparatus, what restrained effectively that this phenomenon brings forms drop in exit.By this structure, can notice that the drop of formation obviously reduces or even suppressed, particularly with cartridge seat open combine time.
In addition, by the pressure only discharging the hot part in injection apparatus in---built-in heaters of such as this device---, when not carrying out purge, the dirty body relevant to evaporation in these hot parts can be suppressed to deposit.In fact, this type of built-in heaters is configured to the temperature that is heated in the scope of 60 to 95 DEG C, particularly 80 to 93 DEG C from room temperature by the liquid of flowing usually.Between the normal operating period, do not evaporate in heater.But, if too fast emptying heater after a procedure, then liquid potential evaporation wherein.Therefore, preferably after a procedure liquid is remained in injection apparatus, instead of clean immediately.Therefore, for preventing drip, the pressure of the rising produced by pump in liquid is via pressure relief valve instead of via cartridge seat release, and liquid is kept in the heater, to prevent from evaporating the fouling with heater in the heater.
In order to perform pressure release operation, pressure relief valve can be connected to the control unit of the operation of its different piece of control of pump operated device and/or extraction equipment, such as electric control unit, as disclosed in being incorporated into by reference in WO2009/130099 herein.
As mentioned above, liquid injection apparatus is configured to release pressure being remained in liquid injection apparatus by the liquid between pump and cartridge seat after pressure is released in a first mode.In addition, in a second mode, liquid injection apparatus can also be configured to the liquid in the injection apparatus between scavenger and cartridge seat, particularly by pressure relief valve, the injection apparatus between pump and cartridge seat is ventilated.In other words, except only preventing being formed except drop in the exit of cartridge seat after each extraction circulation, liquid injection apparatus can also be configured to for purge in different operator schemes, such as, in open in EP1764014, the content of this patent is incorporated into herein by reference.
Liquid injection apparatus can be configured at least 0.05 second time period, particularly open this pressure relief valve in the time period of 0.1 to 2 second, alternatively 0.25 to 1.5 second, such as 0.4 to 1 second.When not needing purge injection apparatus as prior art systems, opening pressure relief valve in short time period is enough to release pressure.
Usually, liquid injection apparatus comprises the built-in heaters between pump and cartridge seat, and valve is particularly between pump and heater.When pressure relief valve is used for purge and wash system in selectable operation modes at injection apparatus, before the liquid in purge heater, usually permissions heater is cooled a little, to prevent the dirty body relevant to heat from depositing increase.On the contrary, when the pressure of pressure relief valve only for reducing the liquid in injection apparatus, there is not from heater purge liquid the instruction waiting for heater cooling.Pressure release operation can be performed at the end of pump work or shortly after that.
In one embodiment, cartridge seat comprises the first cartridge support and second cartridge support relative with the first supporting member, and the first and second cartridge support are arranged to relative to each other to move to for making liquid by the detent position of this magazine from for the insertion of magazine in cartridge seat or the open position that removes.
At least one supporting member in cartridge support can hydraulically be activated by liquid injection apparatus and move to detent position.
Liquid injection apparatus is configured to the earth pressure release postponing liquid after pump stops momently, the particularly time period of delay 0.1 to 5 second, particularly 0.25 to 2 second, such as 0.4 to 1 second usually.This delay can prevent can the resetting and the reopening in advance of cartridge seat of hydraulic actuation the cartridge support of motion immediately, thus likely make the atomizing of liquids of the pressurization be contained in magazine have before time enough to be limited in cartridge seat mechanically decompression, the destructive expansion of magazine.When there is not hydraulic actuation system, the earth pressure release via pressure relief valve usually can occur with the stopping of pump simultaneously or postpone.
Therefore, after pump stops and in short time period, can allowing in cartridge seat, fluid under pressure in the upstream portion of particularly cartridge seat comes cartridge seat voluntarily, namely terminate normal pressurization and extract.
When there is not valve for preventing reverse-flow (such as the second valve) hereinafter described, if the end of earth pressure release and pump action occurs simultaneously, then the fluid under pressure that may occur in upstream portion is back in liquid injection apparatus voluntarily.Therefore, by avoiding side by side stopping pump action and the earth pressure release via valve, liquid can be prevented from cartridge seat adverse current in injection apparatus.But, this second valve is preferably set, turns back in injection apparatus from cartridge seat not allow any liquid completely.
In addition, liquid injection apparatus can be configured to open pressure relief valve, until cartridge seat is hydraulically closed again, namely pump restarts, and hydraulic actuation and moveable cartridge support can move around and reseal cartridge seat with the closure member place in cartridge seat to guarantee to allow.Cartridge seat can to can hydraulic actuation and the position sensor of the position of moveable cartridge support is relevant for detecting, and once detect that this supporting member is positioned at its unlatching (retraction) position just closing presure relief valve.Can hydraulic actuation and moveable cartridge support can also be relevant to back-moving spring, get back to it when carrying out earth pressure release via pressure relief valve to make actuatable and movable cartridge support and open (retraction) position, in this case pressure relief valve can only be opened in short time period, such as mentioned above.
Under any circumstance, in order to suppress drip, by post-decompression liquid-retentive in the injection apparatus from pump to cartridge seat.Do not need to ventilate or purge to injection apparatus.
This liquid injection apparatus can be configured to: pressurize to the liquid without heating and make it flow to this cartridge support, activates with the pressure fluid without heating by flowing and moves this supporting member; And the fluid under pressure without heating of this flowing is directed in cartridge seat to extract batching from this supporting member via heater under stress.
Usually, can hydraulic actuation and moveable supporting member has linear pattern displacement configuration.Can hydraulic actuation and moveable supporting member can be relevant to expanding chamber, fluid under pressure flows by this expanding chamber to make this room expand and to make hydraulic supporting bearing member be shifted.
This cartridge support of hydraulic moving can comprise hydraulic piston, such as can the piston of movement in piston chamber, liquid injection apparatus is connected to piston chamber, to be ejected into by fluid under pressure in this piston chamber and this supporting member to be driven into detent position in face of relative supporting member with utilizing piston hydraulic pressure.In this case, liquid injection apparatus is configured to be ejected in piston chamber by the fluid under pressure without heating and to be directed in cartridge seat from piston chamber under stress by this liquid via built-in heaters.Piston chamber can have for making fluid under pressure flow by the entrance and exit of piston chamber when cartridge support is positioned at detent position.
Therefore, can be pressurized with acting hydraulic closing means---namely, the piston of movement in piston chamber---liquid flow to the outlet of piston chamber under stress from the entrance of piston chamber, and continue to flow to cartridge seat via heater from this piston chamber under stress in whole leaching process.In other words, there is liquid through piston chamber, heater enter the continuous pressure circulating path of cartridge seat.But liquid, when cycling through piston chamber without when heating, which suppress the dirty body deposition in piston chamber, and after this still heated under stress in the heater, with subsequently after the heating and be still ejected under stress in cartridge seat.
Each cartridge support that certainly can make equipment all can hydraulic actuation and movement, particularly by relevant to himself hydraulic piston and piston chamber.In this case, fluid ejection apparatus can be configured to make liquid flow to another piston chamber from a piston chamber under stress, then still makes liquid flow by heater under stress and flow to subsequently in cartridge seat.
From this cartridge support via the second valve,---such as check-valves---flow in cartridge seat the fluid under pressure that liquid injection apparatus can be arranged to make without heating, and this second valve constitution becomes to be used for set up controlled pressure in the described liquid without heating thus activates and at least one supporting member described in moving.Especially, this injection apparatus can have the second valve between the outlet of piston chamber and the entrance of cartridge seat, to be based upon flow under pressure by the controlled pressure in the liquid of piston chamber.This second valve can also serve as check-valves and return from cartridge seat to avoid any liquid.In a less preferred embodiment, also can omit this valve and use be resisted against cartridge seat liquid inlet on the batching magazine of suitable location to set up the pressure for acting hydraulic supporting member in liquid.
Can the cartridge support of hydraulic moving can be arranged to move away from relative supporting member via the release of valve by means of the pressure in liquid injection apparatus.Extraction equipment can have particularly to the relevant drop pallet of magazine collector crossed, to collect the liquid of discharging between the cartridge support of movement away from each other.In this particularly advantageous structure, the path that the hydraulic pressure allowing the liquid thereby be contained at the end of pumping procedure in cartridge seat to help cartridge seat reopens and formed directly is overflowed and not by beverage outlet, this reopening is produced automatically by the pressure relief valve in injection apparatus.The liquid of discharging from cartridge seat can be collected in drop collection tray device and/or capsule collector or another special collector.
This drop collection tray device below cartridge seat and magazine collector also can be set and not consider any hydraulic actuation of cartridge seat, such as, disclosed in EP1867260.
If needed, the reopening of cartridge seat, particularly hydraulic pressure reopen can be such as biased by the closure member place that is used in cartridge seat and assist the spring assembly reopened mechanically automatically to assist by loosening.
Liquid injection apparatus can be configured to liquid inlet in cartridge support by through the Liquid inject of heating in cartridge seat, relative cartridge support have for prepare burden extract time dispense liquid outlet.
Liquid injection apparatus can be configured to the liquid inlet of through being arranged in cartridge support by the Liquid inject through heating to cartridge seat, and relative cartridge support has the outlet of dispense liquid after the extraction for preparing burden at magazine.
At least one in cartridge support---can such as comprise the mechanical actuation device of transmission rod, particularly joint arrangement and/or force-transmitting gear device, particularly spur gear device---by means of mechanical actuation device and move towards with away from relative cartridge support.Alternatively, this mechanical actuation device by can manual actuation handle and/or activated by motor, particularly electro-motor.
Typically, this mechanical actuation device is configured to cartridge support is moved together on most of distance in a closed circuit, such as, exceedes 80% of distance in a closed circuit, 90% or 95%, and uses hydraulic lock part by two cartridge support tight seals together.Therefore, this tight seal not by control distance in a closed circuit end but realize by working to the confining pressure in piston chamber.As can be seen here, the tolerance issues of the distance in a closed circuit of cartridge seat and its manual fine adjustment aspect can be avoided.Such as, hydraulic lock distance is in the scope of 0.05 to 2mm, particularly 0.1 to 1mm, such as 0.2 to 0.7mm.This with usually must form sharp contrast with the pure mechanical close system (non-hydraulic) that hand adjustment saves with high tolerance in an assembling process.
One in first and second cartridge support can by mechanical actuation device shift to can hydraulic actuation and movably relative cartridge support with away from described relative cartridge support.Can hydraulic actuation and moveable cartridge support can also be moved by mechanical actuation device.
Liquid injection apparatus can be configured to through the liquid inlet of seat by through the Liquid inject of heating in cartridge seat, described liquid inlet is arranged in can hydraulic actuation and moveable cartridge support.In other words, the identical cartridge support of seat can to relevant with the water circulation through heating without the water circulation heated.Therefore, the upstream fluid EGR led in cartridge seat can remain only relevant to a cartridge support, that is, it need not extend on two supporting members.This reduces the length of connecting pipe.In addition, when piston chamber remains fixed in extraction equipment, this can be a remarkable advantage, because can reduce to greatest extent or even avoid the flexible liquid circulating line that is difficult to assemble in automatic Composition process, and adopt can the rigid conduit of automatic Composition.
Heater can be relevant to temperature-adjusting device.This temperature-adjusting device can comprise from being arranged at least one temperature sensor selected with the temperature sensor of upper/lower positions: can hydraulic actuation and moveable supporting member upstream; Can hydraulic actuation and in moveable supporting member and/or near; Can hydraulic actuation and moveable between supporting member and heater; In heater; Between heater and cartridge seat; And in cartridge seat and/or near.
In one embodiment, this temperature-adjusting device comprises the temperature sensor of the liquid outlet being positioned at heater.Temperature sensor is preferably connected to the electric control unit of heater, especially for the loop adjustment of heater.
Such as, this system has the second sensor of the temperature between the first sensor of the temperature for sensing the liquid between piston chamber and heater and sensing heater and cartridge seat.These two sensors are used for the energising of control heater, to regulate the temperature of the water leaving heater.
The invention still further relates to and a kind ofly comprise the magazine of batching and the system of equipment as above, the magazine of batching is maintained in the cartridge seat of this equipment.
In context described above, " liquid through heating " refers to by the direct-fired liquid of the heater of extraction equipment." liquid without heating " refers to particularly also not leave piston chamber and by the liquid of heater.Therefore, the definition of " liquid without heating " comprises liquid that is inner from fluid supply (such as tank), piston chamber upstream and piston chamber and that swim roughly on the heaters.
More multiple features of the present invention and advantage manifest in the description described in detail.
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Now with reference to schematic diagram, the present invention is described, wherein:
-Fig. 1 a to 1c shows the sectional view of the part according to drinks extraction equipment of the present invention, under this equipment is in open configuration;
-Fig. 2 a and 2b shows the stereogram of the part being in the same drinks extraction equipment closed and under open configuration respectively; With
-Fig. 3 shows cross section and the partial schematic diagram of the drinks extraction equipment of Fig. 1 a to 2b be under closed configuration.
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With reference now to the specific embodiment shown in Fig. 1 a to 3, the present invention is described.
The figures illustrate by making liquid (such as water) form of cycling through through heating be the extraction equipment 1 that the batching magazine 2 of soft material bag prepares the machine of beverage, such as by beverage ingredient containing, (such as, ground coffee, such as, by NESPRESSO for this magazine 2 tMsealing commercially) and airtight aluminium matter big envelope are formed.
Extraction equipment 1 has cartridge seat 10, this cartridge seat 10 comprises the first cartridge support 20 and second cartridge support 30 relative with the first cartridge support 20, cartridge support 20,30 is arranged to opening, receive magazine 2 under isolated configuration and closing, actuate together extraction configuration under close magazine 2.Fig. 1 a, 1b, 1c and 2b illustrate the cartridge seat 10 with the cartridge support 20,30 under the unlatching being in them, isolated configuration.Fig. 2 a and 3 shows the cartridge seat 10 with the cartridge support 20,30 under the extraction configuration together with being in they close, actuating, and wherein magazine 2 is closed in present 10.
Fig. 1 a illustrates magazine 2 and inserts cartridge seat 10 by means of gravity from top.More specifically, magazine 2 be illustrated be positioned at lead to below seat 10 magazine input channel 11 above.
In Figure 1b, magazine 2 is illustrated the cartridge seat 10 being maintained at the enable possition before being arranged in extraction.When support unit 20,30 is arranged in their isolated enable possition cartridge seat 10 to for being kept by magazine 2 the magazine holding member 12 of present 10 relevant.More specifically, the periphery that holding member 12 is arranged in seat 10 makes the edge 3 of magazine 2 to be shelved on parts 12 in this middle magazine " loaded " position and to be resisted against on parts 12.When support unit 20,30 is actuated together, magazine 2 supported portion part 30 with edge 3 is forced through the circumferential component 12 that is resisted against on the parts 20 of subtend and enters magazine extracting position, and wherein magazine 2 is closed between support unit 20,30 (as shown in Figure 3).
In figure 1 c, cartridge seat 10 be illustrated be positioned at they after extraction reopen position, under wherein support unit 20,30 is in their isolated configuration.Equipment 1 is arranged through gravity and discharges with the magazine 2 crossed from seat 10 via lower drain passage 13.Magazine 2 can be collected in the magazine collector (not shown) be arranged in below seat 10.
With with the insertion of magazine 2, interfix, close and drain relevant holding device the general principles of extraction equipment in the EP1859714 being used in particular for soft or flexible magazine and in the EP1646305 being used in particular for routine capsular rigid cartridge by open in more detail.These publications are incorporated into herein by reference at this.
In Fig. 2 a and 3, support unit 20,30 is illustrated to be closed magazine 2 in present 10 by actuating together.
As illustrated in greater detail in Fig. 3, hydraulic pressure magazine support unit 20 has can the tubular piston 21 of movement in piston chamber 25.By keeping the outside of the front portion of capsule support unit 20, roughly cup-shaped front portion 26 and piston 21 can limit at the generally tubular rear portion 27 within it and along its movement in piston chamber 25.
In addition, extraction equipment 1 is relevant to liquid injection apparatus, and this liquid injection apparatus comprises: liquid source, such as, be particularly stored in the cold water in reservoir 50; Pump 60, then be still pumped in built-in heaters 70 via room outlet 29 via pipe 71 under stress for liquid to be pumped into piston chamber 25 from reservoir 50 via pipeline 61 and chamber inlet 28 under stress, then, via check-valves 80, pipe 81 from heater 70 be pumped into formed cartridge seat 10 through the piston tube 21 of heating liquid entrance.
In cartridge seat 10, pressurization and the liquid stream through heating are through magazine 2, and form beverage with the batching be accommodated in magazine 2 by extraction, this beverage is collected and distributes via the outlet 35 relevant to cartridge support 30, such as, the user's cup be positioned at below it is assigned to.
For clarity sake, schematically shown by thick arrow in figure 3 by the flow path of extraction equipment 1.
Therefore, this liquid injection apparatus is connected to piston chamber 25, so that the Liquid inject without heating is interior and utilize piston 21 that cartridge support 20 is hydraulically driven into detent position in face of relative cartridge support 30 to room 25.Seal 22 between cartridge support 20,21 and front and rear portions 26,26,23(such as seal with O ring part) prevent from leaking from room 25.After cycling through piston chamber 25, liquid continues to be recycled to further cartridge chamber 10 from piston chamber 25 heater via 70 under stress.
In addition, cartridge support 30 can move towards with the cartridge support 20 away from subtend by means of mechanical actuation device.
Shown in more detail Fig. 2 a and 2b, this mechanical actuation device axle 42 comprised via handle 41 be pivotally mounted on fixing framework 40 can the handle 41 of manual actuation.A pair crank 43 to be rotatably installed in a distance at end 44 place and axle 42 on handle 41 and to be pivotally mounted in cartridge support 30 at their another end 45 place, make when handle 41 from enable possition (Fig. 2 b) be pushed into detent position (Fig. 2 a) time, crank 43 is driven by the handle 41 around axle 42 pivotable, so that cartridge support 30 is pulled to cartridge support 20.Various manual activation or vehicularized mechanical actuation device can be used to implement this optional aspect of the present invention, such as, as disclosed in being incorporated into by reference at this in EP1646305, EP1859713, EP1767129 and WO2009/043630 herein.
Framework 40 also with the case panel 40 ' for shield tube 61, entrance connecting portion 28 and limit the front portion 26 of piston chamber 25 and rear portion 27.Front portion 26 and rear portion 27 are also fixed on framework 40.Therefore, pipe 61,71 can be installed between retaining element 26,60,70,80 and can be made up of the rigid material that can be easy to process in the automated manufacturing process of extraction equipment.
In addition, for being conducive to reopening of handle 41, being provided with pressurized during closing movement and opening the spring element of driving handle 41 return automatically in movement.Especially, one end of helical spring 46 to be fixed on framework 40 and the other end is fixed on axle 42.Helical spring 46 is arranged on around axle 42.Different spring assemblies can be set certainly to produce this effect or similar effect.In addition, comfort level during in order to provide the ergonomics sensation of the control of mechanical actuation device during moving in the opening and closing via handle 41 to improve user at actuation handle 41, is provided with mobile cushioning device.In this particular example, this buffer is arranged with the form of following the spur gear of the rotation of axle 42.Therefore, the first gear 47 is assembled into the second gear 48 coordinated on axle 42 and with the first round 47 and is rotatably installed on framework 40 with the rotation of buffer shaft 42.
Certainly, can along contrary direction mounting spring, that is, to assist the closedown of extraction equipment to move.
More details in the ergonomics aspect of extraction equipment are disclosed in EP09173600.9, and the content of this patent is incorporated into herein by reference at this.
Magazine 2 is ejected to assist the magazine device for ejecting 90 of the discharge of magazine 2 when extraction equipment 1 is also provided with for reopening after extraction.Ejection rod 90 can be moved and be activated via cam 49 and cam follower 91 by the movement of handle 41 that is connected with cam 49 in tubular piston 21.In figure 3, device for ejecting 90 is illustrated and is positioned at its retracted position, and in Figure 1b, and device for ejecting 90 is illustrated and is positioned at its expanded position and ejects from cartridge support 20 to make magazine 2.
Shown in Figure 3 equally, cartridge support 20 be equipped with for via the hollow needle 96 for piercing through magazine 2 by through heating Liquid inject to the injector 95 in magazine 2.In use, the liquid through heating is transported to around tubular piston 21 from pipe 81 under stress, to enter magazine 2 at device for ejecting 91 surrounding loop via pin 96 along injector 95.Be provided with seal 92,93, such as seal with O ring part, leak along device for ejecting 90 to prevent sprayed water.The cartridge support 30 of subtend is with opening device 97, and its form is such as with the plate tearing element, such as pyramid plate.Therefore, the fluid extraction through heating be ejected in magazine 2 via pin 96 is accommodated in the batching in magazine and leaves magazine 2 at opening device 97 place, and fluid flow to from opening device 97 and distributes outlet 35.Then cup or cup can be used to be collected in be connected to the beverage that outlet 35 place of cartridge support 30 distributes.After extraction, device for ejecting 90 is helpful especially for making magazine 2 be separated with pin 96.
Magazine 2 is being introduced seat 10(Fig. 1 b of unlatching) in after, user moves down handle 41, thus the front portion (that is, magazine support member 30) of extraction equipment 1 be placed in extract handle 1 both sides on crank 43 and leverage driven in translation.Thus, magazine 2 is forced to exceed holding member 12 by the bending periphery flange 3 of magazine 2.Once via the mechanical close mobile end of handle 41, magazine 2 is just engaged between pyramid plate 97 and injector 95, is pierced through by pin 96.In this stage, achieve the close sealing of cartridge seat 10 around magazine 2.Under the configuration that this is almost closed, cartridge support 20,30 is typically spaced apart is less than 2.5mm, is usually less than 1.5mm, such as, is less than 0.5mm.
The more details of this hydraulic lock system are disclosed in EP09172187.8, and this patent is incorporated into herein by reference at this.
In a modification, also this distance in a closed circuit can be configured so that magazine pierce through the effect of the hydraulic lock occurring in cartridge seat under, instead of under the effect occurring in mechanical close.This provide the advantage that user need not provide the seal force for piercing through magazine of increase.Then, this seal force is provided by pump.
Handle 41 also can be arranged in framework 40, makes when handle 41 arrives horizontal level, provides locking sense to provide the ergonomics of mobile end to feed back to user to user.
Once pump 60 is activated to prepare beverage, the liquid such as cold water without heating is just admitted to piston chamber 25.Then, liquid leaves piston chamber 25 and flows through heating element heater 70, flows to check-valves 80 ever since.When the pressure in fluid starts to raise before check-valves 80, leaned against in the cartridge support 30 of subtend, so that magazine 2 is suitably sealed in cartridge seat 10 by short with cartridge support 20 translation of piston 21 and under the pressure of the rising of the liquid in piston chamber 25.Under the unlatching of valve 80 occurs in the stress level being enough to any leakage avoided between capsule supporting member 20,30, as shown in Figure 3.
When valve 80 is opened to allow fluid to pass through, pressurization flow into magazine 2 via pin 96 through heating direction of flow injector 95, the pressure thus in magazine 2 raises until magazine is torn to allow liquid to flow out from magazine 2 in leaching process on pyramid plate 97.
In order to drain capsule 2 after a procedure, the handle 41 that user opens be released in the effect of spring 46 with controlled speed under the effect of buffer 47,48 under automatically.
Thus, the front portion (that is, cartridge support 30) of extraction equipment 1 by the rear portion driven away from extraction equipment 1, that is, cartridge support 20.This causes opens cartridge seat 10 further, simultaneously device for ejecting 90 launches under the effect of cam 49 and cam follower 91, with promote magazine 2 away from cartridge support 20 and allow it under gravity from cartridge seat 10(Fig. 1 c) fall into the collector (not shown) of the capsule used such as be arranged in below it.
The fluid circuit of equipment 1 comprises the device for discharging the pressure during milking set up by pump 60 after extraction wherein between pump 60 and cartridge seat 10.Especially, in pump 60 downstream, the liquid of fluid system can be got back in reservoir 50 via one-way valve as electronic valve 80 ' transfer or transfer in drop collection tray device 50 ' as shown in the dotted arrow in Fig. 3.As described in Figure 3, heater 70 can be positioned at valve 80 ' downstream.Such as, but in order to reduce pressure in spray circuits, pressure-reducing valve can be positioned at any position in pump downstream, on heater or after heater.
As shown in Figure 3, valve 80 ' is arranged in spray circuits, to discharge the pressure produced with pump 60 downstream in pump 60 by pump 60.Pump 60 is configured to provide the pressure of the rising of the liquid be recycled in cartridge seat 10, and this pressure is usually in the scope of 7 to 23bar, such as 12 to 18bar.
At the end of brewing process, valve 80 ' of can stopping using is so that the pressure in release plunger room 25.Therefore, cartridge support 20,30 is not sealed and allows it to be separated.Typically, the valve 80 ' that can be magnetic valve is released after pump 60 is stopped using.
In the near future open valve 80 ' can be cut off, such as 0.1 to 2 second, such as 0.3 to 1.5 second, the pressure to reduce in fluid circuit, particularly in piston chamber 25 at pump 60.Therefore, the pressure drop in piston chamber 25 allows the spacing of supporting member 20,30 to form path 35 ', and this path 35 ' leads in liquid stream pallet apparatus 50 ' as dropped to from path 35 ' shown in the arrow on drop pallet 50 '.As a result, after drinks extraction, the residual liquid be contained in cartridge seat 10 can not at beverage outlet 35 place drip under the effect of any overvoltage of cartridge seat 10 upstream reservation.Internal pressure is via valve 80 ' directly release and residual liquid in seat 10 can be excreted to via path 35 ' the drop pallet 50 ' be positioned at below it.
This earth pressure release electronic valve also may be used for not having in the extraction equipment of hydraulic pressure opening/closing means.In fact, by using this internal pressure delivery system, the liquid be contained in cartridge seat can not be pushed out via outlet 35 after pump cuts out under the effect of the residual pressure of pump downstream foundation.This significantly reduces the drip at nozzle 35 place.
The earth pressure release that it should be noted that via valve 80 ' need not comprise makes fluid circuit ventilate.In the first operator scheme only comprising the earth pressure release in fluid circuit, fluid circuit is ventilated.In fact, can by means of only reduce loop internal pressure, particularly make this internal pressure problem of stoping or suppressing after extraction at beverage outlet place formed drop equal to external pressure via pressure relief valve.In order to release pressure, pressure relief valve 80 ' can open the time period of at least 0.05 second, such as pump stops a period of time in the near future, or the shorter time period, cartridge seat to be again enclosed in around new magazine, this depends on as above can hydraulic actuation and the structure of moveable cartridge support.
In the second selectable operation modes, can certainly use valve 80 ' that fluid circuit is ventilated.In this case, should allow air after cartridge seat 10 reopens such as check-valves 80 or cartridge seat 10 position enter fluid circuit.Such as, check-valves 80 is the three-way valves also for making fluid circuit ventilate.
After pump 60 cuts off and opening before valve 80 ', provide the short delay being such as less than 3 seconds, thus allow the extraction of the magazine 2 normally completed in cartridge seat 10 and distribute via the beverage of outlet 35.At the end of normal extraction process, when the pressure namely in extraction chamber 10 at least starts to decline, valve 80 ' will be opened.This prevent in cartridge seat 10 set up pressure upstream release and the content of cartridge seat 10 is actuated in fluid circuit towards pressure relief valve 80 ' backward.

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1. one kind for receiving the magazine (2) of batching and by making liquid extract described batching to prepare the equipment (1) of beverage by described magazine, this equipment (1) has
-be arranged to receive described magazine (2) to carry out the cartridge seat (10) extracted;
-be connected to described cartridge seat during milking to distribute the beverage outlet (35) of beverage; And
-comprising the liquid injection apparatus (50,60,61,70,80,81) of pump (60), described pump is used for pressurizeing to liquid and making liquid flow to described beverage outlet from source (50) via described cartridge seat,
Described liquid injection apparatus is also included in the pressure relief valve (80 ') between described pump and described cartridge seat,
Described liquid injection apparatus is configured to discharge the pressure of the fluid under pressure in described injection apparatus to prevent from described beverage outlet (35) drip via described pressure relief valve (80 ') after described pump stops,
It is characterized in that, described liquid injection apparatus is also configured to be remained in described injection apparatus by the liquid between described pump (60) and described cartridge seat (10) after described pump stops.
2. equipment according to claim 1, wherein, described pressure relief valve (80 ') is check valve.
3. equipment according to claim 1 and 2, wherein, described liquid injection apparatus (50,60,61,70,80,81) is configured to:
-in a first mode, the liquid between described pump (60) and described cartridge seat (10) also remains in described liquid injection apparatus by release pressure after pressure is released; And
-in a second mode, the liquid between described pump and described cartridge seat in injection apparatus described in purge.
4. equipment according to claim 3, wherein, in a second mode, makes the described injection apparatus between described pump and described cartridge seat ventilate by described pressure relief valve (80 ').
5. equipment according to claim 1, wherein, described liquid injection apparatus (50,60,61,70,80,81) is configured to open described pressure relief valve (80 ') the time period of at least 0.05 second.
6. equipment according to claim 5, wherein, described liquid injection apparatus (50,60,61,70,80,81) is configured to open described pressure relief valve (80 ') the time period of 0.1 to 2 second.
7. equipment according to claim 5, wherein, described liquid injection apparatus (50,60,61,70,80,81) is configured to open described pressure relief valve (80 ') the time period of 0.25 to 1.5 second.
8. equipment according to claim 5, wherein, described liquid injection apparatus (50,60,61,70,80,81) is configured to open described pressure relief valve (80 ') the time period of 0.4 to 1 second.
9. equipment according to claim 1, wherein, described liquid injection apparatus (50,60,61,70,80,81) is included in the built-in heaters (70) between described pump (60) and described cartridge seat (10).
10. equipment according to claim 9, wherein, described pressure relief valve (80 ') is between described pump and described heater.
11. equipment according to claim 1, described cartridge seat (10) comprises the first cartridge support (20) and second cartridge support (30) relative with described first cartridge support, and described first cartridge support and the second cartridge support are arranged to relative to each other to move to for making liquid by the detent position of this magazine from for the insertion of magazine (2) described cartridge seat or the enable possition that removes.
12. equipment according to claim 11, wherein, described first cartridge support and the second cartridge support (20,30) at least one supporting member (20) in can by described liquid injection apparatus (50,60,61,70,80,80 ', 81) hydraulic actuation move to described detent position.
13. equipment according to claim 12, wherein, described liquid injection apparatus (50,60,61,70,80,80 ', 81) is configured to the earth pressure release postponing liquid after described pump (60) stops.
14. equipment according to claim 13, wherein, described liquid injection apparatus (50,60,61,70,80,80 ', 81) is configured to the earth pressure release time period of 0.1 to 5 second postponing liquid after described pump (60) stops.
15. equipment according to claim 13, wherein, described liquid injection apparatus (50,60,61,70,80,80 ', 81) is configured to the earth pressure release time period of 0.25 to 2 second postponing liquid after described pump (60) stops.
16. equipment according to claim 13, wherein, described liquid injection apparatus (50,60,61,70,80,80 ', 81) is configured to the earth pressure release time period of 0.4 to 1 second postponing liquid after described pump (60) stops.
17. equipment according to claim 12, wherein, described liquid injection apparatus (50,60,61,70,80,81) is configured to:
-to pressurizeing without the liquid heated and making it flow to described at least one supporting member (20), with the actuating of the fluid under pressure without heating by flowing and mobile described at least one supporting member (20); And
-fluid under pressure without heating of described flowing is directed to described cartridge seat (10) to extract described batching from described at least one supporting member (20) via heater (70) under stress.
18. equipment according to claim 17, wherein, at least one the cartridge support of hydraulic moving can comprise hydraulic piston, described liquid injection apparatus (50, 60, 61, 70, 80, 81) piston chamber is connected to, fluid under pressure to be ejected in described piston chamber and this supporting member to be driven into described detent position in face of relative supporting member (30) with utilizing piston hydraulic pressure, described liquid injection apparatus is configured to be ejected in described piston chamber (25) by the fluid under pressure without heating and to be directed to described cartridge seat (10) from described piston chamber via built-in heaters (70) under stress by liquid, described piston chamber (25) has in described first cartridge support and the second cartridge support (20, 30) make fluid under pressure flowing by the entrance (28) of described piston chamber when being positioned at described detent position and export (29).
19. equipment according to claim 18, wherein, described at least one can the cartridge support of hydraulic moving comprise can at the piston of movement in piston chamber (25).
20. equipment according to claim 13, wherein, described liquid injection apparatus is arranged to make the fluid under pressure without heating flow in described cartridge seat (10) from described at least one supporting member (20) via the second valve (80), and described second valve constitution becomes to be used for set up controlled pressure in the described liquid without heating thus activates and move described at least one supporting member (20).
21. equipment according to claim 13, wherein, at least one can the cartridge support of hydraulic moving be arranged to move away from relative supporting member (30) by means of the pressure in described liquid injection apparatus via the release of described pressure relief valve (80 ').
22. equipment according to claim 21, wherein, this equipment (1) have to the relevant drop pallet (50 ') of magazine collector crossed, to collect the liquid from discharging between first cartridge support and the second cartridge support (20,30) of movement away from each other.
23. equipment according to claim 13, wherein, described liquid injection apparatus (50,60,61,70,80,81) be configured to liquid inlet (96) in (20) in cartridge support by through the Liquid inject of heating in described cartridge seat, relative cartridge support (30) has the outlet (35) for the dispense liquid when the extraction of described batching.
24. equipment according to claim 12, wherein, the first cartridge support and the second cartridge support (20,30) at least one in can by means of mechanical actuation device (41,42,43,44,45) move towards with away from relative cartridge support.
25. equipment according to claim 24, wherein, described mechanical actuation device is the mechanical actuation device comprising transmission rod.
26. equipment according to claim 24, wherein, described mechanical actuation device is joint arrangement and/or force-transmitting gear device.
27. equipment according to claim 24, wherein, described mechanical actuation device is spur gear device.
28. equipment according to claim 24, wherein, described mechanical actuation device is by following component actuation: can the handle (41) of manual actuation; And/or motor.
29. equipment according to claim 28, wherein, described motor is electro-motor.
30. equipment according to claim 1, wherein, described pump (60) is configured to flowing in the liquid in described cartridge seat (10) pressure provided in the scope of 5 to 25bar.
31. equipment according to claim 30, wherein, described pump (60) is configured to flowing in the liquid in described cartridge seat (10) pressure provided in the scope of 10 to 20bar.
32. 1 kinds of systems comprising the magazine (2) of batching and the equipment (1) as described in claim as aforementioned in any one, the magazine of described batching is maintained in the described cartridge seat (10) of described equipment.
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